Anyone else get MAJOR lag with these tools? I am current trying to "distress" a vector object using a wood grain fill (converted to black and white, tone curve, then vector etc.) but each time I do this it can take up to an hour to finish, if it finishes at all without becoming unresponsive. I'm pretty sure its my hardware but honestly I keep upgrading and see no improvement.
System Info:
Window's 7
Processor: AMD FX 4300 Quad 3.8 GHz
RAM: 2x8gb 1600
Pretty new to design but I'm tech savvy when it comes to computers so don't be afraid to throw so tech info at me. If all else fails their is always google!
Thanks
A 4300 is around an i3 as performance goes. I suspect your converting the bitmap fill to vector generated a bazillion nodes. If you tried the reduce the nodes option before you do your operations, after converting the bitmap, performance might climb, maybe . I have one PC with a AMD FX 4300 and 16gb of ram. Most of the time it does fine, but path operations were there are thousands of nodes will go slow, I think on any machine.